The recently landed kernel merge commit https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromiumos/third_party/kernel/+/790763 produced a history like this:
* aa459d7d840f9 Merge commit 'b4da0a97e9cdb5beeac74bbbc27b2699840812b1' into patch_branch
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| * b4da0a97e9cdb CHROMIUM: Merge tag 'v4.4.104' into chromeos-4.4
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| | * bd37993918224 (tag: v4.4.104, cros/linux/v4.4.104) Linux 4.4.104
| | * bd249dd078272 nfsd: Fix another OPEN stateid race
| | * 54298082dbacb nfsd: Fix stateid races between OPEN and CLOSE
| | * d7f5f10f5159f nfsd: Make init_open_stateid() a bit more whole
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The topology is fine, but the description "Merge commit 'b4da0a97e9cdb5beeac74bbbc27b2699840812b1' into patch_branch" is unenlightening. This should be something like "Apply merge commit XXX into working branch" or something
Comment 1 by akes...@chromium.org
, Dec 7 2017